[Rob Ban Fan]

NF, I support one of those teams that has no chance of winning the league so maybe I can help a bit.

Two seasons ago we got promoted to the Premiership from Division 1 and in our first season our main target was to just stay up for another season. By staying up, for us it was nearly as good as winning the league was for Arsenal that season.

Its all about expectations. Arsenal, Man U and Chelsea have lots of money so their fans expect them to win the league. My team was new to the league so we expected to stay up, we achieved that and we were very happy with our season, even though we finished no where near the top and lost a lot of games.

The 20 clubs in the Premiership are given a lot of money from Sky TV for their TV rights. This revenue is A LOT more than the leagues below the Premiership get, so just by being in the premiership, even if you finish 17th every season (the lowest you can finish without being relegated) you make a lot of money.

After staying up a few times, this money can be revinvested and the squad can be improved slowly and you can start to aim slightly higher. Instead of just staying up, maybe push for a UEFA cup spot, then a Champions League spot etc.

Almost every town and city in the country has atleast one team and the shit ones (like my team ) tend to rely more on the support of local people and fans from the city and surrounding area. Where as the big, successful teams like Man U, Chelsea, Arsenal that have a chance of winning the league often have supporters that have never been to a game and live hundreds of miles away (not all of them, they do have a lot of local supporters too) and they get labled "glory supporters" who only support the team because they're big and successful.

So yes, the more succesful you are, the more fans you have but even the shittiest, smallest clubs have a few supporters just because they live locally.